Device for lifting ears of corn



May 28, 1929.

.G. N. LOCKE ET AL H DEVICE FOR LIFTING" EARS OF CORN Jw rm T, 44444 WW some NLoc fmRLswmcl/r c @wzwln Filed Jan.

Patented May as, 19229.

. en ma-n Loom: AND c A-R Es nunmcorrg F lipp lieati'o "Thisjinvention' relates to an improved device for lifting ears of corn.

Y wearin'ess' and elin'iin'a'tc this'expense It'is well known that 'in' the use of corn harvesters many ears'of corn arestripped from the, stalks and become scattered over the field." The total of such cars is often very 'large, so that the labor offg athering them is'not only cons derable in expensefor time'of farm hands but 1s most laborious and,

tiresome, affecting the particularly by the constant bending overlandraismg up to gather the'scattered'ears and'toss thein'into receptacle or wa'gon'body.

g The primary 'object ofour toalarge degree andlto relieve the farm. hands from. the physical resulting f pain incident to v gathering up such cornby hand.. I

handle of suf- This corn lifter comprisesa 'ficient length to reach theears of corn without any stooping effort on the part of the user, and includes pick-up members secured to the handle and constituting between them a pocket into which an ear of corn willenter,

" and where it will be held, when the members an'd'snapped over it.

are pressed uponthe ear These members have'their lower ends flared "by turning their material outward, so" as to I make a suitable throat or entrance for the ear to pass into the pocket. These pick-up members are resilient in character, and one of them has a stalk-lifting extension. 'The further details of the construction will be pointed out hereinafter in this specification.

' In the accompanying drawings:

Figurel is a side elevation of my imple-' ment in its preferred form;

Figure 2 is a like view of a modified form;

' and i modified form.

its upper end it nature of resilient V of strips of steel.

the preferred form, and at 3* These members are in the blades preferably formed 'At their upper ends they cured by'a bolt 6 which bolt to effect a pressure invention is to user to corn without having to bend his body tofpick they are found over i the handle of thisimplement in his hands to near the ground. At-

the otherend; This a other or lower end is equipped with a pair of pick-up members'indicated at 3 and {tin and Pin the ,plement with, say

nrivrcaroamrrrneiinnsor oom ii 1 ar eifashioned' inthe form of plates Swhich they are sepasses through the embrace the handle, to which in the latter ofwhich plates and fthe handle,

nut? is applied to the be clamped to the handle preferred form, af 'coil spring 8 is interposed between thenut 7' 'nd the adj in such case the pick-up member 3 may bemade less resilient than in a ce'nt plate,

5 the other formx tal-m ma, 0 1 1 1 z to cause the platesto c 1 ,In Figu'refl, the,

because thecoil spring is desig'ned'to ,yieldto permit the memberB' to springapart-f'rom ii I the member 4,and' tobe returned to normal I V by therecoilofthe spring 8; I v

The pick-up members, 1 their general body, space betweeni themin't drical pocket'asindicated at l0, while-the lowerportions of the members arebentin,

' are curved a s gsliewm'fso as to: form a .l

ie nature of aicylin position toward each other as shown, at 11 to form-a throat as indicated at 12for-theen-Q trance and passage of cars of corn as the members arethrust downward over the ears 1 so I as they lie onthe] ground. The ,members yield to widen the throat for. the passage of the ear and then the ear is clamped in the pocket-like space 10.

into thethroat the members are curved at 13 To facilitate the ready entranceof the ear V i I to form a fiaringentrance 'to' the throat;

One of the members is extended to constitute a stalk lifter functions as a stalk-lifter is designed to be projected under afallen stalk to enable the lift the stalk and strip off the up the stalk with his hands. q

Thus it will be understood that in gathering the scattered individual'ears the field, the usertakes of corn as V 14. This projection which 6 cars of and places ,the 'pick-up members on the ear 7 and. pushes them down past it, causing it to readily enter the-tapering entrancelto the throat12and to pass 10 as indicated inthe detail View shown in Figure 3.

' When an ear is thus picked up the operator, with the loop 2 on his wrist, will lift the imout it into therece ptacle orwagon deslgned to contain the ears as gathered. hen a stalk is down or on the ground'as 10o i I thence into the pocket 7 his right hand and reach v with the left to extract the ear and throw 1 5' V mg conditions and uses;

; 'Having thus fully prehenjd Within our I Well as thelear, With the ear still the shuek the operatorwill and adheringto the stalk, lift the stalk by the stalk-lifter 14 and bring stalks with the ears" attached. bending over bythe operator is vavoided, the

- It will, be understood that we d'e'sire to com 11p members, a bolt extending tlirou g'hthe handle and the members, a spring and nut on such bolt,'ithei spring, contacting" with one ofthe members to yieldingly hold it against 7 the handle; the body-portion of the members b in rv -ww dl ai-rb iwn invention si 'oh "m difia- 'tions as may be necessaryto adaptit to varydescribed our inix' 'enti'on, V whatweclaim as new and desire to secure by "LettersPatenhisz 7' i 's w i V j 1'. .An implementof the character described comprising a handle, apair' of resilient picktheir outer ends positiofned nearer together and curved outwardly at their extremities;

implement ofthe character de-'' scribed," comprising a liandle'having-va Wrist I. loopz at' one Tend,' a

members a bolt extending through thehandle, v

and:-the membrs;-aspring and nut on such bolt, the spring "contacting with one of the members to" Yyi'el'olingly hold it against the handle, the body portion of the-members be 1 ing' eurvedoutwar'd from each other and their outer ends positioned nearer' together and curvedoutWardIat their extremities;

3."A corn lifter comprising a handle "and two resilient blade members having an open- I ing'th erethroli'g'h, a bolt passing-throughsaid f p ng; aspring mounted upon said boltto engage one of saidresilient blade men'ibers' and adapted to hold said members 'in'engagement Withthe handle, eaclfbladebeing curvedv towardieach other and awayfrom each other I i at the outerend' to' form v holding device remote fromthe handle.

In' testimony whereof weaflixour :sig-na -r V j GEORGE amen: 1 .t CHARLES i UN IoUTr:

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